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Brothers indicted for 2000 attack on Border Guard officers
Two residents of east Jerusalem arrested during anti-Gaza op rally confess to planting explosives which injured three officers eight years ago
Two brothers from the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan were indicted for the attempted murder of security officers eight years of.
According to Thursday's indictment, filed with the Jerusalem District Court, the two are responsible for a November 2000 attack which took place near the Old City's Lions Gate, in which three Border Guard officers were injured.
The prosecution alleged that Basel Abu Tiya (32) and Yusuf Abu Tiya (30) planted explosives at the entryway to the Muslim cemetery adjacent to the Lions Gate, where they knew security forces patrolled on a regular basis.
According to the case file Basel staked out the premises and studied the forces' routine. The two planned to detonate the device on a Friday, knowing Israel Police usually increases its forces in the city before the weekly prayer at the al-Aqsa Mosque.
The device, added the prosecution, was also packed with nails, in order to maximize shrapnel injuries.
The brothers were arrested in January, during a rally protesting Operation Cast Lead, and confessed the act in their interrogation.
